Union undergarment.



L. II. WISB.

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latentod Nov. 17.1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO H. WISE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. ASSIGNOB. T0 WISE BROTHERS O1 NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

UNION UNDEBGABMEN'I.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Applica.tlon fllml August 81, 1908. Berta] lila. 0,036.

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Be it known that I, LED H. \\"ESE, a citizen of the United States, residi at New York city, in the county of New "ork und Stute of New York, have inv'gnted cex-tuin new und nsefnl Improvements in Union IT-ndergarments, of which the following is a specification.

'lhis invention relates to a union-suit undergarment. Garments of this type comprise a .shirt or body-part and the drawevs 01' Iegs-part eombined m one .suit.

One object cf the present invention is to: providc a uniomsuit whose front pieces of woven fabric shall be inelastic in the vertical direction, bat whose back shall' be elastic in the vertical direction: and anotlxer object is to proride meuns nt the shoulders und at the freut which shall be both elastic und also adjustable so u to make the garment easy to the wearer und also t0 adapt one garment for gersons cf difierent height.

T e invention is illustruted in the accompzmying drawing in which- F1gure 1 is a freut view of the garmeut. Fi 2 is a vievr of the side of the gnrment an shows the joinder of the end of the elas tic back-band with the inelastic cloth fabric of the front. Fig. 3 is a back view, und Fi. 1 shows the upper part of the back b(l( y piece laicl flat.

The front upper bod v or shirt portions, 1, comprlses also integral frout leg-portions 2.

two front ortions 1, 2, have frec upper ends 3, ut t e shoulder and therefrom the one integral piece of fabric extends downwartl 10 the lower edge, 45 of the leg.

The entire freut cf the garment is dividecl or open along a central vertical line 6, from the neck, 7. to the crotch, 8 and buttons, 9 am] button-holes are employed to close und fasten the two parts cf said open freut.

'Ihe garment is shown armles s although this is unmaterial and lms on]y arm-openin 10. A wartural seam, 11, is at two .si es of the garment and extends from the it 01 the lower art of armwpening, 10.,

owmvard to the ower e, 4, of the le and saicl two si ie seams umte the freut an back portions. Itwill be seen the entire front 1s composed of two pieces of ordinary woven t'abric both of which are. free als the shoulder und extend frozn the said upper free end, 3, to the lower edge of the leg, und said.

(wo front pieces are compamtively inelu.x1ic in the vertncal direction.

The back of the uuion garment cnmprie-aes four pieces, namely n body-piece 12 und the two leg-piecres, 13. \\'hi0h ure inolnsflc, bang ordinary woveu fabric, und the elastic backbaml, l4 which cmmects the bocly-pieve with the. two leg-pieces. The six ie back budy- )ie0. 1'2 has nt auch Sh0lllt er u strap, fit). \'hen the back piece is lnid flat the |\\'0 strzips point' away from each other, ms seen in ig.4. Euch strap has an msert, 21 of ellistic materialmd n tapered extrenuty 2-2, tlmt i provided nith a lural number of button-holes which engage with buttons, 22-3, 011 the free upper ends 3, of the front bodypiece. The insert, 21, smvides f01 the shoulde1s being elnstie an the Plural number of buttnn-holes mdes for an adjustman: that will ena le the garment to be 191 thened br slxortened to suit persons of (Ii erent he hts. The back body piece is attached to t1e two front pieces, 1, by the vertical side seams, 11; the back leg-pieces, 13, are attached to the front leg-pieces, 2, by the unter side-seams 11, und the mseams, 15. The seat of the garment at the drawers or leg art is 0 an 01' slotted.

T 1e openront that is buttoned along the vertical line. continues open under the crotch, 8, und also i.-s open upward vertically at the seut, 16, entirely to the horizontal back-band. 14. Thc leg-pnrts at the seatopening overlap each other, und theuntermost lap forrns u flap, 1T, that bns a .mttonhole which engages with a button, 18. Thus ench leg compnses a back part, 13 below the elastic band und the lower-end of the freut part 1, 2.

The back-band, 14, consists of elastic material such ES knit fabric. This elastic band extends horizontnlly across the back on1y cf the gm-mont und is stitched to und connects between the upper body-pieee, 12 and the two back-leg p1eces, 13. The ends. 19, of the elastic back-band terminate at the two vertical side seams, 11, und said elastic ends are secured in and by said seams as Seen in bis rment will be elastic at the shoulders, an also adjustable at the shoulders to Iengthen o1 shorten. It will be inelastic down its entire front includin the frontwaist, but elastic ncrom the bar:

Having thus described mg invention what g the extremities 0f the stn:ps lmving a plural lcluim und desire to secure yLetters Patent number cf button-holus m enga e buttons is--- on the saigi free upper ends o t e fronts;

l. A union under-garment comprising a front body-portion und leg-portions mach of two separate pieees of fabric-each fiece extendin from the shoulder down to t e loiver edge 0 the leg; a single back bod -pieee from the neck to the wa1st and nnite 1:0 the front body-poztion by l;wo vertical sid:y .seams; two. leg-p1eces; und an elast1c back-band connecting the said back bodypiece with the tops of the two back legpiecessaid elastic back-band havin its ends terminat'mg at und secured in sai two vertical sideseams.

2. A union under-gannent eomprising a fnont body-partion und le ort.ions made of l;wo separate ieces of %ariceach ieoe. lmvin a1: the s oulder a free upper end and exten ing therefrom down to the lower ed e cf the leg; a sing neck to the wa1st am] unite to the front bod -portion by two vertical side-seams und sai back hody-piece having at each shoulder a strap provided with an elastic insert; und

le back bodyiece from t e back leg-pmces; am] an elastic band extending ucross the back only.

3. A union under-gnrment comprising two front-portions nach havin a fx-ee upper end at the shnulder and there rom extending to the lower end of a leg; from the neck t0 the waist and rovided witlx shoulder-stra(rs which adjusta ly c0nnect witlx the sai free upper ends at the front; an e1astic band across the back an] und attacheii'l to the back body-piece; bac leg-pieces whosa tops are attached to suid elastic band, and said rment having a. cantinuous opening exten ing at the freut from the neck down to the crobch, under the crotch, und 11pWm'd at the seat to said elastic back-band.

In testimonv \vhcreof I afl'rx my signature in prcsence ot" two witnesses.

LED H. WISE. W'itnesses:

Loms A HAZABD, S. Kamm.

a back body-p1ece 

